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We love hearing stories about kids who light up when they make art, and are thankful for parents like you that work hard to support and nurture their interests. This summer is a great time for you kids to discover new materials and techniques in art. Some of our most popular classes arePrintmaking, Painting, and Cartooning.These tend to fill quickly, so be sure to register today.

The Council for Art Education (CFAE) is celebrating March as Youth Art Month, encouraging support for quality art programs for youth in schools and in the community. “Building Community Through Art” is the theme of this year’s Youth Art Month, which was created in in 1961 as an event to emphasize the value to children from participating in visual art education.

Every year since 2010, Samantha Reynolds, an 8th grader at Martin Meylin Middle School in the Lampeter-Strasburg School District, has taken classes at Pennsylvania College of Art & Design, 204 N. Prince Street, Lancaster. Samantha’s younger sister Callie, a 4th grader at Hans Herr Elementary, also takes classes at PCA&D.

At this morning's Artist Talk at Pennsylvania College of Art & Design, award winning illustrator Christian Robinson, San Francisco spoke about his journey as an artist to PCA&D students and members of the community.

The 2016 Mosaic Project,a multicultural exhibition and educational program for students and families in Lancaster County held annually by Pennsylvania College of Art & Design, will feature Christian Robinson’s storytelling with illustration and animation and Jamea Richmond-Edwards’s repertoire of portraits of black women drawn using ink and graphite.